A huge victory for Pennsylvania women, but will SCOTUS follow suit?
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Malala Yousafzai celebrates her 18th birthday by opening a school for Syrian refugees. See NBC. A federal appeals court strikes down nuns’ efforts to avoid the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. See The Atlantic. The Huffington Post provides an important perspective on society’s obsession… Read More ›
5 Things The March For Life Doesn’t Want You to Know
This year, the March for Life has a few things up its sleeve that both the pro-choice community, as well as Republican leaders, need to be aware of.
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The UN declares that the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls will not be forgotten. See the UN News Centre. The Obama Administration has announced it intends to revise the contraception benefit in the Affordable Care Act available to religiously affiliated nonprofits. See… Read More ›
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A Congressman from North Carolina demanded that a pregnant doctor explain why Obamacare requires plans to cover maternity services. See Think Progress. A writer for the Huffington Post exposes how people are using the word rape in contexts that do… Read More ›
What’s All the Hubbub, Hobby Lobby?
Tomorrow, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties will have their day in court for one of the most dangerously anti-woman arguments to be heard by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS). The case, which pits religious liberty against a woman’s basic right to comprehensive… Read More ›
Abortion Coverage Under the ACA
As we gear up to celebrate the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade tomorrow, the Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a compelling new brief examining abortion coverage under the Affordable Care Act. You can download the full report here, but we’ve gone ahead… Read More ›
How Obamacare Has Affected Me
This post originally appeared on Tropics of Meta. Republished with permission. Hey y’all. I’ve seen a lot of myths, half-truths, and negative speculation about the Affordable Care Act making the rounds on the interwebs and have decided to share my… Read More ›
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The Atlantic provides insight on how paternity leave has the potential to benefit fathers, children, and mothers. Ms.Magazine Blog lists 2013’s feminists heroes. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, discover the myth of a gender-specific tone of voice. See The New York… Read More ›
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US District Judge Brian Cogan has ruled that a group of New York Catholic institutions cannot be forced to offer birth control in employee health care plans as mandated by the Affordable Care Act. See Jezebel. Michele Bachelet, Chile’s first… Read More ›